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Could it be that the 340 heads raised the compression enough to bring out the overheating issue?

Finally got the cam to fit in the block. It was a tolerance stacking situation that did not go in my favor. The machined journals in the block were on the small end & the cam had a couple of journals on the big end. I ended up having to scrape the bearings a little.

Thanks moparleo, Just to be clear, I am not talking about very short or very long, just a few thousandths either way.

When measuring for pushrod length, is it better to err on the long or short side?

Have you looked at Coker wheel?

Thanks Adam, I will measure the cam & & bearings this weekend. I am hoping all that is needed is to chamfer the leading edge of the one or two of the bearings. I have read that it is not uncommon for the cam journals in the block to have been machined undersized. I hope that is not the case...

I do not have the old cam from this block, yes these are new cam bearings. I do have a cam from another block. should I try it & see if it will fit? There is a possibility that there could be some damage to one or more of the came bearings. I have some marking fluid & was planning to use it to...

I have a 383 that I putting together & I have ran into a problem when I was test fitting the cam. My cam will not fit into the block. it will go almost all the way in but stops when the cam journals are about to slide into the bearings. I understand that this is not an uncommon problem with the...